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Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene

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  • Hsun-Ming Hu

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Valerie Trouet

    (University of Arizona)

  • Christoph Spötl

    (University of Innsbruck)

  • Hsien-Chen Tsai

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Wei-Yi Chien

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Wen-Hui Sung

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Véronique Michel

    (Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, CEPAM
    Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur)

  • Jin-Yi Yu

    (University of California)

  • Patricia Valensi

    (Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, UPVD
    Fondation IPH)

  • Xiuyang Jiang

    (Fujian Normal University)

  • Fucai Duan

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Yongjin Wang

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Horng-Sheng Mii

    (National Taiwan Normal University)

  • Yu-Min Chou

    (Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Mahjoor Ahmad Lone

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University
    Northumbria University)

  • Chung-Che Wu

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

  • Elisabetta Starnini

    (University of Pisa
    Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria)

  • Marta Zunino

    (Toirano Cave)

  • Takaaki K. Watanabe

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe

    (Hokkaido University
    KIKAI Institute for Coral Reef Sciences)

  • Huang-Hsiung Hsu

    (Academia Sinica)

  • G.W.K. Moore

    (University of Toronto
    University of Toronto Mississauga)

  • Giovanni Zanchetta

    (University of Pisa
    University of Pisa
    INGV
    Monterotondo)

  • Carlos Pérez-Mejías

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Shih-Yu Lee

    (Academia Sinica)

  • Chuan-Chou Shen

    (National Taiwan University
    National Taiwan University)

Abstract

The variability of the northern westerlies has been considered as one of the key elements for modern and past climate evolution. Their multiscale behavior and underlying control mechanisms, however, are incompletely understood, owing to the complex dynamics of Atlantic sea-level pressures. Here, we present a multi-annually resolved record of the westerly drift over the past 6,500 years from northern Italy. In combination with more than 20 other westerly-sensitive records, our results depict the non-stationary westerly-affected regions over mainland Europe on multi-decadal to multi-centennial time scales, showing that the direction of the westerlies has changed with respect to the migrations of the North Atlantic centers of action since the middle Holocene. Our findings suggest the crucial role of the migrations of the North Atlantic dipole in modulating the westerly-affected domain over Europe, possibly modulated by Atlantic Ocean variability.

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  • Hsun-Ming Hu & Valerie Trouet & Christoph Spötl & Hsien-Chen Tsai & Wei-Yi Chien & Wen-Hui Sung & Véronique Michel & Jin-Yi Yu & Patricia Valensi & Xiuyang Jiang & Fucai Duan & Yongjin Wang & Horng-Sh, 2022. "Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-34952-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34952-9
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